Free Speech on Campus - Page 15

Officials at Folsom College in California reported a printout of Pepe the Frog to local police, accusing the student who posted it on campus of an act of hate.

A student from another university invited to participate in a debate on campus free speech at the University of Bristol in the U.K. was banned from the event after he re-tweeted an account that said, “women don’t have penises.” The university’s Students’ Union cited “security concerns” as its reason for exclusion. The student decided to attend the debate anyway and was eventually invited on stage.

Dickinson College in Pennsylvania published an op-ed in its student newspaper claiming that the world needs to be saved from “the white man,” arguing that white men have “become obsolete” and “have yet to demonstrate any collective competence in treating people as human beings.”

Colorado State University recently started a poster campaign that claims that the phrase “ladies and gentlemen” is offensive, and “designed to harm” transgender people.

Internal policies at Alabama A&M University state that insulting remarks or any “verbal comment” about a person’s age could constitute harassment.

Students at Dartmouth College protested and harassed conservative speaker Dinesh D’Souza, who spoke at his alma mater on Monday about American exceptionalism, and the difference between legal and illegal immigration. Protestors harassed D’Souza with a chant of “go home racist.”

A new report suggests that free speech protections are crumbling at the City University of New York (CUNY).

Bucknell University is hosting a controversial activist this week who has compared Jewish people to “sleazy thieves.”

A new video offered conservative students the opportunity to explain what their liberal peers most frequently get wrong about them.

The University of California, Irvine, is facing security threats against a scheduled Tuesday night lecture by conservative commentator Dennis Prager.

A group of lawmakers in South Dakota recently introduced a bill that aims to promote intellectual diversity on campuses throughout the state.

Wake Forest Professor and former MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry argued in a tweet this week that academic freedom at Wake Forest University is “dead.”

Feminist students at George Washington University condemned the Women’s March organization for their leader’s anti-semitism.

The University of North Carolina, Asheville, is hosting controversial Women’s March leader Tamika Mallory, who has praised anti-semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, for an event commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A professor at the University of Notre Dame is argued that higher education is drowning in “bullshit” in a recent column for the Chronicle.

Peter Boghossian, a professor of philosophy at Portland State University, may potentially face sanctions from his university for his work on a series of hoax research papers designed to show the flaws in the academic journal industry.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) launched an effort this week to protect campus free expression around the globe.

A controversial policy at the University of Southern California requires students to ask permission in advance if they want speak in certain designated areas of campus.

Liberal students at George Washington University said that they don’t want Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, despite her recently taking over the job.

Two sociology professors from across the country teamed up last year to publish a book on “victimhood culture.”

Georgetown University is implementing a new plan to combat “microaggressions,” by training students and staff how they can “take action” whenever they come across a “microaggressor.”

It is well-understood by now that strange incidences are regularly unfolding on college campuses these days. Take a look at a few of the highlights from 2018, in which a variety of campus events were canceled — each one for its own unique and ridiculous reason.

2018 was filled with crazy campus stories. From affirmative action discrimination lawsuits, to “dick pic” seeking professors, campuses in 2018 never failed to entertain. Here are some of our favorite stories in this genre for 2018:

In a shocking turn of events, the Wilfrid Laurier professors who were forced to apologize for their treatment of teaching assistant Lindsay Shepherd after she showed a Jordan Peterson debate clip in class are now suing Shepherd over the same incident.

Montana State University is facing a lawsuit after allegedly suspending a student from campus for confiding in his instructor about being “uncomfortable with transgender lifestyles.”

A group of students at North Carolina State University launched a campus club centered on satanism.

Over the past decade, Harvard University has become a bastion of social justice insanity — and 2018 was no different.

The UMaine College Republicans hosted a “Deck the Wall,” Christmas party much to the displeasure of their progressive peers.

Springfield College in Massachusetts is trying to fire Professor Dennis Gouws over his decision to teach a course entitled “Men in Literature.”

A professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada will return to the classroom after he accused a teaching assistant of violating the law for showing a television clip featuring Jordan Peterson.

Jordan Peterson told Breitbart News that people should strive to “lead by example” to help others avoid the pitfalls of ideology.

The University of Texas at Austin is facing a lawsuit that alleges its speech policy that restricts students from using “rude” or “insensitive” language is unconstitutional.

A medical student at Stanford was allegedly falsely reported to the university’s Title IX office for having pro-life opinions. The student told Breitbart News “there must be consequences for false accusations.”

A Stanford medical student was allegedly reported to the university’s Title IX office over pro-life remarks he made on campus.

Students at the University of Southern California are demanding the termination of a professor who defended due process rights for those accused of sexual assault.

Students at the Evangelical Christian Wheaton College in Illinois said that a guest lecture from a pro-life speaker made them feel “unsafe” while recounting his life story of being a Black American conceived through rape and put up for adoption at birth.